Communists: The Cult of Che

At his capture and summary execution last
October by Bolivian soldiers, Cuban Guerrilla Ernesto (Che) Guevara
became an instant martyr of the New Left. Fidel Castro's former
second-in-command was the victim of his own botched insurgency, in
which he failed to follow his own precepts for guerrilla warfare. Yet,
in the seven months since his death, the Che legend has given rise to a
cult of almost religious hero worship among radical intellectuals,
workers and students across much of the Western world.